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  From: Kim Hawtin <khawtin@ratbaggames.com>
  To  : linuxsa <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:13:54 +1030

Re: /var/log/lastlog way too big!

Paul Shirren wrote:
> Kim Hawtin wrote:
>> davidn@rebel.net.au wrote:
>>> Francesco Peeters <Francesco@Fampeeters.com> wrote:
>>> >I have been searching whether I can simply delete it to recover from
>>> >this oversized lastlog file, but could not find a clear answer...
>>>
>>> Yes you can, however an even better idea is to truncate it using the
>>> Bash command "> /var/log/lastlog". 
>>
>>  From time to time I do things like;
>>
>>  # mv file file-old && :> file && gzip -9 file-old
 >
 > Or logrotate. Really this is something you should be automating.
 > Remember laziness is an important quality for a good sys admin.

I also have a tendency to use;
  `date "+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"`

on the end of such file moves in scripts...

so; mv file file`date "+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"`

cheers,

Kim Hawtin
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